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There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.
"Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms
Our mind's ascent.
"Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms
Our mind's ascent.
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to read more
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun,
But dream of him, and guess where he may be,
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Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun,
But dream of him, and guess where he may be,
And do the best to climb, and get to him.
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and read more
Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set
to true time.
Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.
Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.
Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first Acts already past,
A fifth shall read more
Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first Acts already past,
A fifth shall close the Drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring is the last.
He who moves not forward goes backward!
A capital saying!
He who moves not forward goes backward!
A capital saying!
Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.
Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.
